Western Region
Presents
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• Make sure you download and read
the
from the resource pages.
It tells you what to expect at your tournament.
Inside this Guide you will find information that
includes what will happen at your Presentation
Site and tips from teams and Team Managers on
how to have a great tournament experience.
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Check-in on time – at least 20 minutes before challenge time.
Structure (E) teams must check-in their structure 1 hour before challenge time.
After the challenge is over, remember the appraisers will discuss the solution with
the Team. Adults – including the TM – should stay back!
Come back to pick up your Team Challenge raw scores about 30 minutes after your
challenge. There will be a poster up listing which scores are available.
Once you have picked up your raw scores, share them with the team, but keep
them to yourselves inside the team.
You have 30 minutes after you receive your raw scores to file any appeals through
the DIalogue process, described in Rules of the Road. After 30 minutes have
elapsed since receiving your raw scores no appeals will be accepted.
Remember your raw scores are only one component of your final results, and
other teams may not yet have performed. Gloating, or discussing scores in public is
impolite – so don't do it!
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Make sure you FAILURE PROOF YOUR TEAM FOR SUCCESS
A great tournament depends on your ability to plan for the unexpected and be ready
to adjust to any circumstance.
1. List all the things that could go wrong!
Use team brainstorming to think of all the things that might go wrong!
Write everything down!
Ask open ended questions to prompt ideas!
Do not edit ideas at the time.
2. Determine how the potential problems are related to each other!
Group the problems from the brainstorming e.g. props, people, equipment
3. Add new things to your list!
Look for additions to your list
Combine items the team thinks are really the same
Do not delete anything unless the team is UNANIMOUS!
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4. Rank the problems for the trouble they could cause!
Rank the potential problems for the seriousness of the result
Remind the team that small things can sometimes have disastrous results
Review each group and make any adjustments
5. Think of all the ways to prevent the problems or minimize them!
For each problem ask "if this happens we could....?"
Discuss problems that cannot be prevented, e.g. weather, crowd noise, etc.
Encourage your team to HAVE FUN, and be creative with their ideas...
improvisation always scores well!
6. Prepare a plan of action!
Include who, what, when, where and how!
Review the "disaster plan" periodically
Cause spontaneous mishaps during practice to allow your team to practice the plan!
A good example is deliberately leaving the batteries out of the tape player,
or knocking over a prop during a rehearsal.
DO IT!! As with everything in DI practice...Practice....PRACTICE!!!
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Make sure your team has a
COMPLETE TOOL KIT
with them at the tournament!
If there is any chance something might break, tear
or disconnect be sure to have everything you need
to repair it.
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Plan to attend lots of performances
and cheer on other teams!
Every team likes a big enthusiastic audience for its performance,
the best way to assure this for your team is to be it for another
team!
Teams learn a great deal from seeing how others have
approached the same Challenge.
You should do this because it’s FUN!
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Prepare the parents!
Be sure all team parents know:
 When the team is meeting to go to the tournament
 Where the tournament is and how to get there
 Where the team is meeting at the tournament
 There are Tee shirts and pins for sale at the tournament that support the
DI organization in your area – please make sure parents are aware of this.
 Make sure parents know if flash photography is allowed by the team.
 Reinforce the INTERFERENCE rules
 What time the teams performance and Instant Challenges take place
 TOURNAMENT RULES OF BEHAVIOR and SPORTSMANSHIP
 What, if any, jobs you are asking them to take on at the tournament
 NO ONE TALKS TO APPRAISERS EXCEPT THE TEAM MEMBERS!
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MAKE SURE YOUR FORMS ARE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY,
CORRECTLY AND TO YOUR TEAMS BEST ADVANTAGE!
 All Team tournament forms are available from http://nydi.org as
Interactive Forms – its easier to fill them out and makes them easier for
the Appraisers to read! USE THEM!
 Make sure you have extra copies of Tournament Data Forms, Expense
Reports, Declarations of Independence and any other paperwork required
by your Challenge.
 Bring blank forms in case you need to make changes.
 Stop at the Registration Table at your Tournament to be sure you have all
your forms!
 Make sure your forms are worded to the team’s advantage!
If you want the Princess Costume scored for a Team Choice Element be
SPECIFIC – don’t say Costumes if you really mean the Princess Costume…
And don’t say the Princess Costume if what you really mean is the use of
unexpected materials in the Princess Costume!
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THE TOURNAMENT IS A CELEBRATION OF
EVERY TEAM!
Be an advocate for your team
Be supportive of every team
Emphasize how much they have learned & how much fun they had rather
than scores and placement.
HAVE FUN WITH YOUR TEAM!
Remind your team (and parents) that the simple act of
bringing a solution to show the Appraisers at a
Tournament makes your team a winner!
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UB NORTH
CAMPUS
MAP
Park in the
Jarvis Lots
Dashed Purple line shows route
from parking lots to Putnum
Way ring road PROP DROP OFF
Do NOT
Park in the
Bookstore
or Furnas
Lots
UB Student
Union
Knox Lecture Hall
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Jarvis Lots are
available for DI
parking
Lee Loop is for
Buses ONLY
University
Commons
Restaurants
Use 1-Way
Putnam Loop
for Prop Drive
up
PROP, TEAM,
AUDIENCE
drop off
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Knox Lecture Hall
UB Student
Union
DI TOURNAMENT PROP
MANAGEMENT
• There is NO prop storage on site
• Please unload your props to the Union no more
that ONE HOUR prior to your performance
• LEAVE PROPS IN LOBBY UNTIL YOU REPORT TO
YOUR CHALLENGE SITE
• Please remove your props from the Union as
soon as possible after your performance, no
more than ONE HOUR after
• DI and UB are NOT responsible for anything that
may happen to any un-attended props
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UB Student Union from sidewalk from
Jarvis Lots
ENTER HERE:
Audience, Teams,
Props, EVERYONE
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ALTERNATE PROP DROP OFF
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Alleyway to TINY Lot
Back door to Union
No parking, only drop off
Handicapped access too
Alleyway Here
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Concessions Available During
Tournament – UB Commons
• UB Commons across the street from Union
– Starbucks
– Young Chow Chinese
– Subway
– Dancing Chopsticks
Japanese
– Kung Fu Tea
– (MAYBE Pizza, Indian & Mediterranean too)
• Union Restaurants will be closed for Spring
Break
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UB – Points of Interest
• UB School of Engineering will be present at
tournament
• Ice Skating available across from Student
Union (weather permitting)
– Skate rental available, but for smaller kids sizes
bring your own skates (they have college student
sizes)
• March 21 falls within UB Spring Break –
Campus should be pretty quiet
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UB Student Union (North Campus)
Destination Imagination Tournament Map
ELEVATOR
Theater
Challenges
C & RS
210 UB
Room
Challenge D
Stairs
215
Social
Room
IC HOLD
Prop
Holding
SPINE
145 MultiPurpose
Challenges
A & B & PO
220
Official
Room
First Floor
Elevator
INFO
Registration &
Merchandise
Second Floor
Stairs
Team Entrance
Food court
(Will be closed)
Lobby
Entrance
Norton 112
KNOX
Lecture
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Audience
Entrance
UB Student Union Lobby
Registration
Merchandise
INFO DESK WILL BE OPEN FOR
BUILDING / CAMPUS DIRECTIONS
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UB Student Union Theater – Challenge
C and RS
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UB Student Union Theater – Challenge
C and RS
Audience Entrance up here –
take stairs or elevator
Team / Prop Entrance to Theater
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Challenge C and RS
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UB Student Union Room 210 –
Challenge D
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Stairs to Room 210 Challenge D and
Instant Challenge Holding Room
IC HOLD
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Challenge D
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UB Student Union Room 145 –
Challenges A, B and PO
Example of floor in
145 – All partitions
will be open for
tournament
Team /Prop Entrance to 145
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Room 145
Challenge A,B & PO
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UB Student Union Room 215, the
Social Hall, the Flag Room – IC Check in
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QUESTIONS???
• Remember, UB Student Union is a public
building – you can visit any time during
operating hours to get lay of the land
• Call Molly Gawura (716-725-8276) if questions
remain
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